Entry № 5210 · Sanskrit origin

Kanchana Kanchana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kahn-CHAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Golden"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "golden".

Kanchana is from the Sanskrit kāñcanā (काञ्चना — golden, gold-colored). Kanchana (Vasundhara Devi, 1939-2018) was a Tamil and Telugu cinema actress — widely considered one of the leading ladies of South Indian cinema from the 1960s to 1980s with over 200+ films. A. Thirumugam — opposite M.G. 2x Filmfare South Best Tamil Actress wins.

Golden — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

काञ्चना
Transliteration
Kāñcanā
Pronunciation
/ kɑːnˈtʃɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kanchana stands.

Kanchana does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kanchanas before her.

Real people
Kanchana (Vasundhara Devi)
Tamil golden-era 200+ films + 2x Filmfare South.
1939 – 2018
In fiction
Kanchana
Sanskrit golden.

Names connected to Kanchana.

The number behind Kanchana.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kanchana reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.